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by aforwardslash 2312 days ago
That won't remove the co2 already in the air. And we also produce gases that alleviate warming, not only greenhouse effect ones. Stopping all emissions today would probably result in a temperature increase, not a drop. The facts are, there is no magic today to capture the co2 in the air. To reverse the process, you'd need at least to put the same amount of energy as the one dissipated when co2 was released. So, imagine producing at least the same amount of energy of burni g 100years of fossil fuels.